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Privacy Rights

Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court

By: Alice Fleetwood Bartee

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Privacy Rights

Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court

By: Alice Fleetwood Bartee

Privacy Rights: Cases Lost and Causes Won Before the Supreme Court is a unique and timely study of the judicial process as it confronts four privacy issues: birth control, gay rights, abortion, and the right to die. The moral questions surrounding these subjects create intense and enduring debates about the scope and limits of the right to privacy. In four historic cases the right to privacy was struck down by the Supreme Court; in four later cases these rulings were overturned. Why? This book explains the original failure by analyzing attorneys' mistakes, miscommunication in the judicial conference, attitudes and policy predilections of the justices, and the negative attitudes of state officials and interest groups. The ultimate win for privacy rights is an exciting story involving well-known cases like Lawrence v. Texas, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Griswold v. Connecticut, and the case of Terri Schiavo. Through the personal and legal details of these dramatic stories, the debate on privacy rights comes alive.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742553205

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9780742553200

Collected Essays, Prose, and Stories

Living by the Word, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down, In Love & Trouble, and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

By: Alice Walker

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Collected Essays, Prose, and Stories

Living by the Word, You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down, In Love & Trouble, and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

By: Alice Walker

Compelling collections of short fiction and essays by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple and “marvelous writer” (San Francisco Chronicle). Whether she is writing fiction or nonfiction, sharing personal reflections or expressing political views, Alice Walker is without question “one of [our] best American writers” (The Washington Post). The first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize—for The Color Purple—Walker is both a committed artist and engaged activist, as reflected in the four works in this volume. Living by the Word: In this “entertaining and often stirring” follow-up to In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, Walker reflects on issues both personal and global, from her experience with the filming of The Color Purple, to the history of African American narrative traditions, to global threats of pollution and nuclear war (Library Journal). You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down: The women in these “consummately skillful short stories” face their problems head on, proving powerful and self-possessed even when degraded by others—sometimes by those closest to them (San Francisco Chronicle). But even as the female protagonists face exploitation, social inequalities, and casual cruelties, Walker leavens her stories with ample wit and “[enters] their experience with sympathy but without sentimentality” (The Washington Post). In Love & Trouble: Walker’s debut short fiction collection features stories of women traveling with the weight of broken dreams, with kids in tow, with doubt and regret, with memories of lost loves, with lovers who have their own hard pasts and hard edges. Some from the South, some from the North, some rich, and some poor, the “marvelous characters” that inhabit In Love & Trouble “come away transformed by knowledge and love but most of all by wonder” (Essence). In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens: In essays both personal and political about her own work and other writers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Flannery O’Connor, and Jean Toomer; the Civil Rights Movement; antinuclear activism; feminism; and a childhood injury that left her emotionally scarred and the healing words of her daughter, Walker “reflects not only ideas but a life that has breathed color, sound, and soul into fiction and poetry—and into our lives as well” (San Francisco Chronicle). Includes a new letter written by the author on In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens.

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Open Road Media

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1504056019

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9781504056014

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

Prose

By: Alice Walker

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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens

Prose

By: Alice Walker

A collection of early personal and political essays from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple. Includes a new letter written by the author What is a womanist? Alice Walker sets out to define the concept in this anthology of early essays and other nonfiction pieces. As she outlines it, a womanist is a person who prefers to side with the oppressed: with women, with people of color, with the poor. As a writer, Walker has always taken such people as her primary subjects, and her search for paths toward self-possession and freedom always holds out hope for the transformative power of compassion and love. Whether she’s taking on nuclear proliferation, the promise and problems of the civil rights movement, or her own creative process, Walker always brings to bear a fearless determination to tell the truth. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alice Walker including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

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Open Road Media

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1453224068

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9781453224069

Circuit Breaker: Post Apocalyptic Rebuilding Adventure

By: Alice Sabo

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Circuit Breaker: Post Apocalyptic Rebuilding Adventure

By: Alice Sabo

The Survivor’s Alliance is expanding, and Willow has been chosen to take a wagon into uncharted territory. The Circuit Company promised her the best crew, supplies and special new wagons, but it all had a very bumpy start. The wagons were late, the crew was unconfirmed, and she started to have serious doubts. Things never go as planned. Their journey took some unexpected twists culminating in the biggest surprise of all. Willow’s crew will need to make some life changing decisions.

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Alice Sabo

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9798201196820

Second Nature

A Thriller

By: Alice Hoffman

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Second Nature

A Thriller

By: Alice Hoffman

A suburban woman discovers her own wild spirit in this “suspenseful...dark, romantic meditation on what it means to be human”(The New Yorker) from the bestselling author of The Rules of Magic. Robin Moore, coping with a divorce and a troubled teen-aged son, impulsively rescues a strange man from a psychiatric ward—a beautiful, uncivilized innocent who has been raised in the wilderness and possesses no more sophistication than a child. But when she brings him home to her perfectly ordered neighborhood, the events that follow cause Robin to question her wisdom and doubt her own heart—and, ultimately, to change all of her ideas about love and humanity. “Her richest and wisest, as well as her boldest, novel to date.”—The New York Times Book Review

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1440621322

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The Collection

A Multi-Genre Anthology of Flash Fiction

By: Suzanne Maddox,Dawson Morley,Alice Stanton,April Finney,Elena Atherton,Craig Sharpless,Yasmeen Boyle,Myra Rojas,Lilly Hayes,Maria Hampton

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The Collection

A Multi-Genre Anthology of Flash Fiction

By: Suzanne Maddox,Dawson Morley,Alice Stanton,April Finney,Elena Atherton,Craig Sharpless,Yasmeen Boyle,Myra Rojas,Lilly Hayes,Maria Hampton

In fiction, the payoff of an enchanting scene, an epiphany, a shocking twist, or those succinct lines of wisdom are often hidden in a sea of words designed to immerse you fully into another reality before taking you for a ride. But in this anthology of flash fiction, you will experience the best of the best when it comes to the experience of fiction reading - in 1,000 words or less. A strange case of writings from a ghost, a mysterious world where fairies and wolves mingle with humanity, mistaken identities, revenge, and the last remnant of the life of a lost love; this anthology of flash fiction offers you journey after journey, and each will stay with you long after you’ve finished reading. Whether you’re addicted to romance, are a thrill-seeker, or love a good piece of science fiction, there is a story for everyone’s tastes in this anthology that will touch your heart and stir your emotions. These carefully selected gems each offer a crystalized experience and pack a surprising punch. From the surprising twist ending of the blood-pumping thriller to a heart-wrenching scene of love and loss, you will find yourself engaged in timeless characters who reflect truth and wisdom. Exclusive stories include Meet Me at Midnight, Framed, The Spice Seller, Last Train, and The Object of His Affection.

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Creative Brand Ventures, LLC

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1950687090

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9781950687091

How to Human

An Incomplete Manual for Living in a Messed-Up World

By: Alice Connor

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How to Human

An Incomplete Manual for Living in a Messed-Up World

By: Alice Connor

Being human is hard. Being a good human is even harder. Practicing kindness, honesty, and self-awareness in the face of doubt, failure, ambiguity, and vulnerability can feel insurmountable. How to Human is here to help. Alice Connor draws on nearly a decade of experience as a college chaplain to provide a tender and irreverent take on one of life's most fundamental questions: how to be a better human in a world dead set against it. Connor offers sage wisdom and no-nonsense realism through real-life examples that strike right at the rashes and rubs of the human experience. She'll take you by the hand, tell you what you need to hear, and encourage you to embrace the chaos. How to Human will help you see life as an experiment--not a quest for the right answers.

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Fortress Press

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1506449115

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9781506449111

No One Can Know

A Novel

By: Kate Alice Marshall

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No One Can Know

A Novel

By: Kate Alice Marshall

The USA TODAY Bestseller! Three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count. “A propulsive and intricate psychological thriller. . . Meticulously plotted. . . Family connections prove both their damage and their worth in this community-focused thriller.” —Kirkus (starred review) Fourteen years ago, the Palmer sisters—Emma, Juliette, and Daphne—left their home in Arden Hills and never returned. But when Emma discovers she’s pregnant and her husband loses his job, she has no option but to return to the house that she and her estranged sisters still own . . . and where their parents were murdered. Emma has never told anyone what she saw the night her parents died, even when she became the prime suspect. But her presence in the house threatens to uncover secrets that have stayed hidden for years, and the sisters are drawn together once again. As they face their memories of the past, rivalries restart, connections are forged, and, for the first time, Emma starts to ask questions about what really happened that night. The more Emma learns, the more riddles emerge. And Emma begins to wonder just what her siblings will do to keep the past buried, and whether she did the right thing staying quiet about what was whispered that night: “No one can know.”

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Flatiron Books

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125085993X

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9781250859938

A Kiss For Christmas

By: Alice Holden,Lisa Noeli,Melynda Beth Skinner

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A Kiss For Christmas

By: Alice Holden,Lisa Noeli,Melynda Beth Skinner

Heartwarming Regency romance is unwrapped in three delightful holiday tales of Christmastime love from three beloved authors. Original.

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Zebra Books

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0821777211

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9780821777213

Willows Run: Post Apocalyptic Rebuilding Adventure

By: Alice Sabo

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Willows Run: Post Apocalyptic Rebuilding Adventure

By: Alice Sabo

The big Circuit wagon winds through the isolated villages and towns of the Survivor’s Alliance bringing news and mail, but storms, raiders and wild animals are only a few of her trials as Willow guides her crew through a harrowing journey. The sequel series to A Changed World.

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Alice Sabo

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1393586767

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9781393586760

Slipstream

By: Alice Godwin

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Slipstream

By: Alice Godwin

When the body of a young heiress is found and her baby, ripped from the still warm corpse, is taken; the woman’s half-brother swears to bring those responsible to justice. It is a task that appears almost impossible until years later when he discovers the child’s name, Raven. Now, in a post-apocalyptic world, Raven lives on the edge of society, earning her living immersed in the electronic chatter and detritus of a future, drowned world. And then Ceriful crosses the boundaries, bringing the slipstream in his wake. Ceriful – sometimes demon and sometimes angel, but always dangerous – a being from another reality, part fantasy, part product of those who still dream, and oh so enticing. Ceriful needs Raven to restore his realm, and he brings with him a promise. Now Raven’s decision will either save his world, or hers. But when the fantastic becomes real, people die!

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Hague Publishing

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0648834670

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9780648834670

Martin Luther King, Jr

A Dream of Hope

By: Alice Fleming

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Martin Luther King, Jr

A Dream of Hope

By: Alice Fleming

A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1402758030

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9781402758034

Sarah Milbourn's Mother

An Experiment in Fiction

By: Mary Alice Mark

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Sarah Milbourn's Mother

An Experiment in Fiction

By: Mary Alice Mark

Set in Miami in the early 1960s. May introduces us to The Milbourns, a family from Arkansas, The Reverend Kind, some homeless folk, a librarian and a bully or two.

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Lulu.com

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1411610237

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9781411610231

Ink

By: Alice Broadway

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Ink

By: Alice Broadway

A deliciously dark, gorgeously written YA mystery that'll prickle your skin . . . and leave a permanent mark. There are no secrets in Saintstone.From the second you're born, every achievement, every failing, every significant moment are all immortalized on your skin. There are honorable marks that let people know you're trustworthy. And shameful tattoos that announce you as a traitor. After her father dies, Leora finds solace in the fact that his skin tells a wonderful story. That is, until she glimpses a mark on the back of his neck . . . the symbol of the worst crime a person can commit in Saintstone. Leora knows it has to be a mistake, but before she can do anything about it, the horrifying secret gets out, jeopardizing her father's legacy . . . and Leora's life.In her startlingly prescient debut, Alice Broadway shines a light on the dangerous lengths we go to make our world feel orderly--even when the truth refuses to stay within the lines. This rich, lyrical fantasy with echoes of Orwell is unlike anything you've ever read, a tale guaranteed to get under your skin . . .

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Scholastic Inc.

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1338197002

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9781338197006

Cowboy Undercover

By: Alice Sharpe

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Cowboy Undercover

By: Alice Sharpe

A desperate call in the middle of the night reunites a cowboy with the woman he's never forgotten… A child's voice was pleading from the other end of the receiver. He'd been abducted and wanted to come home. Months ago, Chance Hastings had watched Charlie and his mother, Lily Kirk, walk away, vowing to forget them. Now one look at Lily's terrified face and he knows that plan had been futile. Promising to bring her child home, Chance goes undercover to infiltrate a dangerous group in the Idaho mountains. Once the boy is back in his mother's arms, Chance makes a new vow—to convince Lily they belong on his ranch. Permanently.

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Harlequin

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1460388380

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9781460388389

Aaron's Crossing

By: Linda Alice Dewey

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Aaron's Crossing

By: Linda Alice Dewey

In 1991, as Linda Alice Dewey walked through an abandoned cemetery, she and a companion felt a presence. She returned to that graveyard over the next couple of years, hoping to reach out to that poor being, offering the words: "Whoever is here…my heart is with you.” Little did Linda know that those words would begin her relationship with Aaron Burke, a man who had died nearly 70 years earlier. Aaron followed Linda home that day from the graveyard. As she opened herself to this ghost she learned that he was stuck in a state of limbo, unable to cross over. Aaron had been kidnapped by his father at age four and taken from Ireland to America where he was put to work. Hardened and embittered from his childhood, he did manage to find happiness, only to have it all slip away. Shortly after witnessing his own funeral, Aaron met other ghosts waiting for the time they could finally leave this state of limbo. Yet for decades he could only watch as the people he knew both in life and death crossed over, leaving him behind. Working together to find the closure Aaron needed, he and Linda became friends along the journey. Years after that first meeting and his subsequent crossing, Aaron returned to share the full story of his life--and afterlife--with Linda. This true ghost story gives hope and inspiration to all of us. Aaron shows us that, when seen as the big picture, everything makes sense. Aaron's Crossing sheds light on the mystery of dying, reassuring us that death is never the end of the story!

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Hampton Roads Publishing

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161283003X

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9781612830032

Book Club Favorites

An Anthology

By: Mary Alice Monroe,Pam Jenoff,Karma Brown,Phaedra Patrick

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Book Club Favorites

An Anthology

By: Mary Alice Monroe,Pam Jenoff,Karma Brown,Phaedra Patrick

Four exceptional novels together in one box set! The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe For five women, their monthly meeting is a place of sanctuary and community. These women from different walks of life are each embracing the challenge of change in their own circumstances. And as they share their hopes and fears and triumphs, they will hold fast to the true magic of the book club—friendship. The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff In Poland at the outbreak of the Second World War, Emma Bau takes on a new identity and a job as assistant to a high-ranking Nazi official. Urged by the resistance to use her position to access details of the occupation, Emma must compromise her safety—and her marriage vows—in order to help the cause. As the atrocities of war intensify, Emma must make choices that will risk not only her double life, but also the lives of those she loves. Come Away with Me by Karma Brown Tegan Lawson is consumed by grief and anger after a devastating accident that changes her life in ways she could never have imagined. But then her adoring husband, Gabe, reminds her of their Jar of Spontaneity, a collection of their dream destinations and experiences, and so begins an adventure of a lifetime. Together they explore the world and search for forgiveness, possibly to find hope. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple, orderly life. But on the one-year anniversary of his wife’s death, he discovers in her possessions a gold charm bracelet that he’d never seen before. Arthur embarks on a life-changing adventure to find the truth about his wife’s life before they met, a journey that leads him to find hope, healing and self-discovery in the most unexpected places.

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MIRA

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1488036403

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9781488036408

The Kite and the String

How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--and Live to Tell the Tale

By: Alice Mattison

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The Kite and the String

How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--and Live to Tell the Tale

By: Alice Mattison

A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacher “A book-length master class.” —The Atlantic Writing well does not result from following rules and instructions, but from a blend of spontaneity, judgment, and a wise attitude toward the work—neither despairing nor defensive, but clear-eyed, courageous, and discerning. Writers must learn to tolerate the early stages, the dreamlike and irrational states of mind, and then to move from jottings and ideas to a messy first draft, and onward into the work of revision. Understanding these stages is key. The Kite and the String urges writers to let playfulness and spontaneity breathe life into the work—letting the kite move with the winds of feeling—while still holding on to the string that will keep it from flying away. Alice Mattison attends also to the difficulties of protecting writing time, preserving solitude, finding trusted readers, and setting the right goals for publication. The only writing guide that takes up both the stages of creative work and developing effective attitudes while progressing through them, plus strategies for learning more about the craft, The Kite and the String responds to a pressing need for writing guidance at all levels.

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Penguin

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0143111639

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9780143111634

Ruth

By: Alice L. Laffey,Mahri Leonard-Fleckman

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Ruth

By: Alice L. Laffey,Mahri Leonard-Fleckman

Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by making the best of current feminist biblical scholarship available in an accessible format ... will aid readers in their advancement toward God's vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all. - Book jacket.

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Liturgical Press

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0814681077

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9780814681077

A Genius in His Way

The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days

By: Alice Hall Petry

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A Genius in His Way

The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days

By: Alice Hall Petry

The first comprehensive study of one of the most popular and critically acclaimed short story collections of the nineteenth century -- Old Creole Days (1879), by New Orleans author George Washington Cable. Each tale is closely analyzed, revealing Cable's technique, style, motifs, and sources, as well as his impact on later Southern writers such as William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

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Associated University Presse

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083863320X

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9780838633205

Brave

Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption

By: Alice Connor

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Brave

Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption

By: Alice Connor

Women are essential to the biblical story--they bear life, lead communities, and testify to God's power and presence. Some of their names we know, others we've only heard, and others, tragically, go unnamed. Following the success of her beloved book Fierce, pastor and provocateur Alice Connor introduces us to a whole new group of women from the Bible, including Rachel, Leah, Miriam, Esther, and Lydia. Connor invites us to see them not as players in a man's story--as victims or tempters--nor as solely morality archetypes who teach women to be better wives and mothers--but as brave foremothers of the faith. Skillfully drawn by the author, these women's stories are messy, challenging, and beautiful. When we read their stories, we can see not only their particular, formidable lives but also our own.

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Broadleaf Books

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1506463975

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9781506463971

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